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HONG KONG

No. 19 of 1959.

I assent.

Лява

Governor.

4th June, 1959.

An Ordinance to make provision for restricting pollution of the air

and for matters connected therewith.

[

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legistative Council thereof, as follows-

]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Clean Air Ordinance. Short title 1999, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the and com Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "competent authority" means a competent authority appointed by the

Governor in accordance with section 10;

"dark smoke" means smoke which, if compared in the appropriate manner with a chart of the type known at the date of the enactment of this Ordinance as the Ringelmann Chart, would appear to be as dark as or darker than shade 2 on the chart;

"furnace" includes any kind of fireplace, grate or stove, whether open

or closed;

mencement.

Interpreta- tion.